Is 30 now the old 40 ?

Got this in inbox today from a friend… Anyway, one of the older students shared her experience about the interview process and the job she accepted with CVS and it confirms some of what JP has been hearing about hours, etc. She was hired in by CVS on a 30 hour/week base and was asked […]

Most problem drinkers not alcoholics, CDC reports

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/01/07/most-problem-drinkers-not-alcoholics-cdc-reports/ From the article: For every one person who is alcoholic there are about six who are problem drinkers, drinking enough to adversely affect their lives, their health, their work situation or family situation,” CDC director Dr. Tom Frieden said. The CDC estimates that excess drinking causes 88,000 U.S. deaths each year and costs the […]

Steve’s crystal ball

I’m going out on a limb here.. hell… some people think that I really live out on a limb ! Recently one of my former class mates claims that I never get close enough to “the box” to think “inside the box”. For decades, I have been a student of bureaucrats and bureaucracies. I have […]

Rumor on the street today 01/07/2014

It would seem that a number of employees of a large chain/pbm store around Harrisburg, PA… were requested to go downtown to a certain attorney firm and “rumors have it” that they were scheduled 15-30 minutes apart.  Reportedly, it was not all the employees currently working in the store, but those who were working there […]

Today’s snail mail 01/07/2014

#WALGREEN And they says RPh jobs are hard to find…  All of the cities -except one – listed are within 30 miles of Louisville, KY. Could they all be in a single WAG’s district ? Did WAG’s have a mass lay off or a mass exodus ? ..or… does this district have a DM or […]

OPS !

https://www.pharmaciststeve.com/?p=4700   Spare no expense ! A couple of weeks ago I posted about a Pharmacist whose employer – one of the large chain/pbms – provided the chair showed in the picture to the left as “reasonable accommodation” after knee surgery..           I would appear that they should have not spared […]

Young vs old — poor vs rich

I am so tired of all of this argument about Obamacare.. the young are upset that they are going to pay more… and not signing up.. which is going to cause the system to financially collapse.. and then the Feds are going to have to bail out the insurance industry. The question has to be […]

Most pharmacy technicians unhappy ?

The 20 Unhappiest Jobs In America http://finance.yahoo.com/news/20-unhappiest-jobs-america-232051419.html They earned the NUMBER FOUR POSITION on this list… and NURSES were listed as 14 on the list. And we wonder why our work environment is difficult ?